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HOMETOWN HITS & MISSES
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Ribfests cook
up a crowd
Ribfests have been a crowd pleaser in North Dakota for a number of years.
Williston has held its Rockinʼ Ribfest on July 4 as part of the
Williston Blast! celebration since 2009. This past year, there were
18 teams, each cooking 150 pounds of ribs. Susan McDonnell,
events manager for the Williston Chamber of Commerce, said the
ribfest is a big draw thatʼs grown in popularity. In 2013, it was
reported ribbers cooked about 1,600 pounds of ribs.
Ribfests go over big in the big towns. Bismarck has its Rip
Roarinʼ Ribfest each June, and Fargo has its Happy Harryʼs
Ribfest. But the events are just as popular in the small towns.
Thereʼs the annual firemenʼs ribfest in Edinburg, Ribfest! in Rutland
and additional ribfests that have been held in Walhalla, Grafton,
Carrington and other small communities.
One of the most popular small-town ribfests is the Best of the
West Ribfest in Watford City each August, sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce for about the past 10 years.
Jessie Veeder Scofield, who has been involved in Watford Cityʼs
ribfest planning, said past space constraints have limited the number of competitors to 20, but there is hope of expanding in the
future. Competitors this year each cooked up 175 pounds and
many did more to keep up with the diner demand.
“We had been running out of ribs in previous years,” Scofield
said.
The oil boom and town growth have meant new companies and
new teams getting involved, especially more residents with
Southern roots who take their barbecuing seriously. Itʼs not the
prize money that drives the competition, though. In the past few
years, winning teams have donated prizes back to the chamber to
support future ribfests.
“They are in it to be involved with the community, to get out and
do something fun in the summer. Itʼs more like a friendly competition for the businesses,” Scofield said. “Definitely, they want to win.
But itʼs not about the money. Itʼs definitely about bragging rights.”
Larry
Barstad
of Velva
applies
sauce to
ribs at
the Lilʼ
Redneck
Ribfest in
Velva
July 12.
Jill
Schramm/MDN
Ribs
Continued from Page 96
Force members from Minot, Kevin
Metcalf, originally of Illinois, and Jim
Godfrey, formerly of Boston.
Bridges, a North Carolina native, said
they stick with a similar recipe that came
out of Texas for their ribs.
“It’s really satisfying when somebody
tells you how good it is. That’s the cherry on top,” Bridges said.
The Q Crew hires out for private
events, cooking whole hogs for birthday
parties and as many as 400 ribs for a single event. In contrast, many teams in
ribfest competitions are backyard hobbyists who enter the contests to promote
the hometown.
“Just wanted to support the local
community. It’s p.r. for Velva,” said
Dave Shock of the Gooseneck
Implement team of Velva. Of course,
they knew they had a pretty hot product
with the recipe of co-worker Dean
Martin.
“He made us ribs at work, Shock said.
“They were pretty darn good.”
The judges thought so, too. The
team’s ribs took first place.
Watching over their yellow and green
smoker were the Bison Buddies, a Velva
team made up of North Dakota State
University Bison fans Johnny Johnson
and Randy Hauck of Velva and Jerry
Schweitzer of Minot. Johnson described
the team as in the contest to support
Velva – and also possibly in over their
heads next to some of the pro barbecuers
in the competition.
He and his team members smoke deer
sausage every year so figured this wouldn’t be so hard, Johnson said. They tested
out some rib recipes ahead of time.
“The first one was mediocre,” Johnson
said, noting that they perfected a recipe
only the week before the contest. He said
they planned to follow the recipe and
“cross our fingers they turn out good. ...
If they turn out anything like last week,
the public will like them.”
The Hog-er-up team of Matthias
Hanson from Surrey and his father,
Clint, from Des Lacs came to the Lil’
Redneck Ribfest to meet up with neighbors and friends and enjoy the weekend.
Matthias Hanson said it’s the attraction
of a small-town event that prompted to
them participate.
“We are winging it,” he said, noting the
borrowed grill and small smoker. “We just
thought we would give it a whirl.”
Ribfest competitors are a dedicated
bunch, showing up for the Velva event
shortly after 6 a.m. to get the cooking
started. They watched over smokers and
applied barbecue rubs during the countdown to serving judges at 4 p.m. and the
public at 5 p.m. The incentive was prizes
ranging from $100 to $500 for ribs that
carried the best presentation, taste and
tenderness.
Duane Drader of Towner went solo to
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cook up 50 pounds of ribs, the amount
assigned to each competitor. Nearby, the
team sponsored by Farmers Union Oil in
Velva had nine people working. Greg
Schmaltz of Scheresky Ag in Max and
Paul Huesers of Max were joined by the
Scheresky Ag’s young, energetic, agricultural workers from South Africa.
Schmaltz and Huesers made separate
recipes and planned to decide later which
to give the judges. Schmaltz said he
obtained his special barbecue sauce from
a supplier in Rochester, Minn., by having
a friend from Wisconsin pick it up and
deliver it to another friend in Sioux Falls,
S.D., who brought it to Velva just in time.
The staff at Farmers Union Oil converted a cooler into a large smoker for the
team.
Wayne Bauer and son, Rick, of Velva
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built their Monster Q team’s smoker
about three weeks before the Velva
ribfest, where it had its debut. Although
it was their first time in a ribfest, they
were one of the most experienced teams
in the Velva event. They said they’ll
sometimes cook a whole pig or 70
pounds of ribs just for fun and invite
friends and neighbors.
Vedaa and co-organizer Cory Schmaltz,
general manager at Farmers Union Oil,
cooked up the idea to host a ribfest in Velva
after taking in similar events in other communities. Although not a competitor,
Vedaa prepared additional ribs to have
extra on hand for the crowd.
It wouldn’t be a ribfest without plenty
of other activities, and Velva’s Midsummer
Night’s Jam had plenty to offer. It featured
a pedal tractor pull, Model T assembly race
by the Bismarck Pioneer Auto Club, Army
National Guard display, classic and clunker car show, karaoke, street vendors and
late-night concert.
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Southgate Crossing a success
By KIM FUNDINGSLAND
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Minot has been known as the
“Magic City” since the early days
when the route of the railroad led
to Minot magically rising from the
plains and forever changing the
landscape.
Today Minoters are reminded of
that old magic when they see
impressive new developments
being constructed where farmland
existed a few months previously.
Southgate Crossing on the city’s
southwest edge is a vivid example
of remarkable transformation from
vacant prairie to a thriving business and residential area added to
the city.
Roers Construction of Fargo met
a need in Minot with an impressive
50-acre development situated along
increasingly busy Sixteenth Street
Southwest. Larry Nygard, Roers
vice-president, has been over-seeing the ambitious building project
on the edge of the booming Bakken
oil field of western North Dakota.
“When we started looking at the
Bakken in 2009, what we liked
about Minot is that it had an
impact from the oil. It had that
going for it, but also had the other
aspects of a thriving community,”
said Nygard. “It has regional shopping, good health care and draws
from all over the area. The college
makes it good. The railroad creates
a lot of activity and the agriculture,
of course, is great. Even without the
Bakken we thought Minot was a
good place to be.”
Businesses thought so, too.
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Gordman’s
Department Store, Shoe Carnival
and Petco among others. All were
new businesses in Minot. Along
the frontage road where Southgate
Crossing’s strip mall is located several other businesses have sprung
up ranging from a bank to restaurants.
“Obviously proximity to Dakota
Square Mall made it a popular
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Several large apartment buildings have sprung up in the Southwest Crossing area, offering new living space in a rapidly developing section of Minot.
Crossing
Continued from Page 106
place to build,” said Nygard. “It had good
street infrastructure and traffic flow. Minot
is benefiting like the rest of the Bakken,
business and residential. The project takes
advantage of both of those opportunities.”
To support the new development and
help address a need for more housing in
growing Minot, Roers constructed several
large apartment buildings immediately
west of Southgate’s business mall.
According to Nygard, about 370 new apartment units were built.
“New businesses follow the rooftops,”
explained Nygard. “When the oil patch
started, sleeping included camper and
tents and everything else. The need was
met somewhat by hotels and motels and
then began a transition into apartments
and then single-family housing. The retailers watch how many people have moved
to town. That’s when it shows up on the
radar of retailers and they start landing in
your community.”
The retailers at Southgate today had no
connection to Minot as recently as 2009.
They were watching, waiting for development trends to trigger action. New businesses have found Southgate to be a hit
with customers and expect business only
to get better in the days ahead.
“The development was designed to
meet a specific need,” said Nygard. “We
watch the market. Minot’s got a good
future and we are certainly looking for-
ward to doing more projects in the city.”
Among the projects slated to get under
way at Southgate yet in 2014 is a huge one
– the building of a Hilton Garden Inn,
which will include a major conference
center. Another project is the construction
of a climate controlled self-storage and
office rental center that will be located
west of the Baymont Inn.
Nygard described Minot as going
through “growing pains” in regard to
development, but has seen rapid growth
spurts in other communities result in similar obstacles to be overcome.
“Dickinson, Williston, Watford City,
Killdeer, Glendive, Sidney. To a letter all
those communities deal with the same
issues. Everybody has an adjustment period. How could things not be maxed out?”
said Nygard.
Roers made several efforts to expedite
construction at Southgate Crossing,
including funding a traffic light intersection on Sixteenth Street at the northeast
corner of the complex and creating a new
exit and entrance for residents of nearby
Green Acres. Nygard described the Green
Acres improvement as a “side benefit” to
the city.
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Nygard said all went surprisingly smooth.
“We’re very happy about it. I wish they
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Characters with the “Sesame Street/USO” traveling show, from the left, Rosita, Grover, Elmo and Katie, perform on the stage in the Minot Air Force
Base theater in June. The theater was reopened for movies earlier this year. Other events are also held there.
Theater revival
Minot AFB
theater returns to
showing movies
By ELOISE OGDEN
Regional Editor
[email protected]
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – The theater
at Minot Air Force Base has had a revival.
Janine V. Ursin, Food Management
Professional Central Region Food Court
manager with the Army and Air Force
Exchange Service at Minot AFB, said the
base was reopened for movies on Feb. 14.
She said the reason it was reopened for
movies was because of “public outcry, to
uplift morale on Minot AFB.”
The theater had been closed down for
showing movies for one year, Ursin said.
However, it was used for other events.
“Everything has been upgraded to
include a digital projector, including 3D
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HOMETOWN HITS & MISSES
Grover, a
character
with the
“Sesame
Street/USO”
traveling
show goes
into the
audience
during a
performance at the
Minot Air
Force Base
Theater in
June.
Events are
held at the
theater. It
also was
reopened
this year for
movies.
Continued from Page 110
capability, sound system and new
popcorn and drink machines,”
Ursin said.
She said the theater also has the
ability to accept credit/debit cards.
She said movies are shown
Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m.,
Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. and
Sunday at 2 p.m.
“We now get first-run movies
(releases same as commercial theaters), free pre-screenings for the
military, and most movies before
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have included: “300: Rise of an
Empire,” “Godzilla” and “Blended.”
The theater is operated by the
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Services’ Food Court manager.
Minot AFB has had a theater for
many years. The 1965 unofficial
guide for the base, published by a
private firm, reads:
“The Base Theatre is a modern
312-capacity facility located near
the dormitory area. There are two
performances nightly of first-run
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People are
in line to go
into the
Minot Air
Force Base
Theater for a
performance
in June of
“Sesame
Street/USO.”
The theater
was
reopened for
movies earlier this year.
Other events
are also held
in the theater.
pictures with matinees on Saturday and
Sunday. This facility is also available for
Commander’s Calls, meetings, training periods, stage shows and other special gatherings.
Construction plans for a new theatre have
been completed for 1965.”
Two years later the guide said:
“The base is fortunate enough to have two
beautiful theaters. The Northern, the newest
of the two has a 500-seat capacity and is airconditioned. The Prairie, the oldest theater,
has a 300-seat capacity.
“Both theaters feature many good movies
at a nominal fee. There are two showings
every night with matinees on Saturday and
Sunday. The matinee on Saturday is usually
a good show for the children.
“Schedules of shows to come and their
times are published in the base newspaper,
‘The Sentry.”
The existing theater is located near JR
Rockers. A second theater was located east of
the existing one.
Ursin said the reaction to the revival of the
theater showing movies has been “very positive – great feedback from customers because
of the upgrade with the new digital system.”
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held in May for the addition and renovation project for South Prairie School, south of Minot.
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Schools booming like Bakken
By ANDREA JOHNSON
Staff Writer
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Signs of the booming Bakken can be
seen everywhere you look these days.
When it comes to schools, that growth
is most evident in the portable classrooms
that are scattered around brick and mortar
buildings, intended to educate the overflow population of schools that are now
bursting at the seams.
That growth was a problem that wasn’t
anticipated just a few short years ago,
when school administrators were warning
that the state faced dwindling school
enrollment numbers. When the new
Washington Elementary in Minot, a
remodeled medical clinic, was opened at
the end of 2007, there were several empty
classrooms. Now that school has nine
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doors and a 10th classroom rented by the
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Soon, though, some of those portable
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A group of
ceremonial
participants use
golden shovels to
“break ground”
during the May
groundbreaking
ceremony for the
addition and
renovation
project at South
Prairie School, 10
miles south
of Minot.
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Schools
Continued from Page 114
In Minot, middle school students now
attend the brand new Erik Ramstad
Middle School in northwest Minot, completed last December. It replaced the old
school that was destroyed in the Souris
River flood of 2011. Elementary students
attend school in the newly remodeled and
expanded Longfellow Elementary and at
Lewis and Clark Elementary, which was
also expanded to provide room for the
growing population on the north side.
Voters approved a $39.5 million bond
issue in April that will pay for more
school construction. Two new elementary
school additions – one at Edison
Elementary and the other at Perkett
Elementary – are scheduled to be com-
pleted in time for the 2015-2016 school
year and an entirely new elementary
school is to be built in southeast Minot
which will open in 2016.
Superintendent Mark Vollmer said the
growth is exciting.
Growth is also continuing in other
schools around the Minot area.
The Minot Catholic Schools just completed a classroom addition that provided
more space for both its elementary and
high school students.
At South Prairie, 10 miles south of
Minot, voters said “yes” to a $12 million
bond issue that is paying for construction
of a new high school addition.
Superintendent Wayne Stanley said
reaction to the new high school has been
highly positive. The community of South
Prairie has a strong identity and both students and parents like the idea of having
their own high school and no longer paying tuition for high school students to be
educated in neighboring school districts.
At the groundbreaking ceremony in
May, students Jackson Lindbo and Lilee
Friesen said they were looking forward to
attending high school at South Prairie
with all of their friends. Lilee, who lives
farther away than the other students, was
looking forward to having a shorter bus
ride to school.
No other K-8 school district in the state
has added a new high school since the
1920s, so South Prairie is breaking new
ground in that way as well.
When the new high school at South
Prairie opens in 2015-2016, it should
have about 50 students to start out with.
More students will likely attend the
school in coming years.
South Prairie isn’t the only K-8 school
adding a new high school.
Nedrose voters approved an $18 million bond issue earlier this year and are
building a new middle and high school
that will be located about a mile and a
half from the current elementary school.
Superintendent Charles Miller said it
is a positive because, like South Prairie, it
will allow Nedrose to have its own identity. Older kids who are already established in other schools may not want to
return, but Miller said younger students
will.
The new high school will be able to
accommodate up to 360 children.
Miller said the new school will be one
of the largest Class B schools in the area,
smaller only than Des Lacs-Burlington.
Principals, teachers and students alike
seem to agree that all the new growth and
construction is a real “hit.”
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Saturday Worship: 5:00 pm
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Saturday Worship: 5:00 pm
Sunday Worship: 9:30 am
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ELCA
1800 Hiawatha Street
852-1872
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Sunday Worship...................8:30 & 11:00 am
Sunday School
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Holy Communion is served at our
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service on the 2nd & 4th Sundays of each month
500 46th Ave. NE • 839-1351
Pastor David Miller
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530 22nd Ave. NW - Minot, ND 852-6492
Schedule: Sept. - May
9:00 am Sunday School • 10:00 am Fellowship
10:30 am Worship
Wednesday Bible Study 1:30 pm
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710 46TH AVE, NE • MINOT, ND
[email protected]
701-340-8237
Sundays:
Worship Services.................8:30 & 10:45 am
Radio Broadcast KHRT 1320 AM - 11:00 am
Sunday School..................................9:45 am
(Interpreter service for the deaf @ 10:45 am)
Wednesdays:
Supper.............................................5:30 pm
Ministries for all Ages.......Starting at 6:15 pm
Pastor John Streccius, Pastor Nathan Mugaas
Sunday School........................................9:45 am
Morning Worship..................................11:00 am
Evening Worship.....................................6:00 pm
Wed. Evening Worship............................7:00 pm
Carlyle Roth, Pastor
700 16th Ave. SE • 838-0750
www.ourredeemers.org
Saturday Worship........................5:00 pm
Sunday Worship.............8:30 & 11:00 am
Sunday Church School.................9:45 am
Wednesday Activities
Church School..................4:15 & 6:30 pm
Food, Faith, Family Supper...........5:30 pm
Adult Ed & Confirmation..............6:30 pm
LYO (Sr. High Youth Group)..........7:45 pm
Minot Baptist
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2209 4th Ave. NW • 839-4663
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www.minotbaptistchurch.com
400 22nd
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Minot
Sunday Morning Family Prayer Time..............9:30 am
Sunday School All Ages.................................9:30 am
Sunday Worship..........................................10:30 am
Sunday Evening Worship & Small Groups......6:00 pm
Wednesday Evening Services for All Ages......6:30 pm
Pastor Cory Rice - 858-7777
www.theriverlife.org
First Baptist Church
200 3rd St. SW • 852-4533
www.firstbaptist-minot.org
Classic Worship Service................................8:30 am
Adult Sunday School....................................9:45 am
Contemporary Worship Service.......9:50 & 11:05 am
Children’s Church.........................................9:50 am
Sunday School (All Ages)............................11:00 am
Wed. AWANA (Sept. - May)..........................6:30 pm
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Rev. Gordon Kroeker,
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First Lutheran Church
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120 5th Ave. NW • 852-4853
Saturday Worship.................................... 5:30 pm
Sunday Worship..........................8:30 & 11:00 am
Family & Sunday School............................9:45 am
Sunday Adult Education............................9:45 am
Wed. Confirmation....................................6:00 pm
Wednesday School....................................6:00 pm
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Ray ...............................................................8
Crosby .........................................................9
Midcontinent Communications ................10
Towner/ Granville ......................................12
New Town ....................................14, 15 & 16
John’s Auto Body ......................................18
Verendrye Electric .....................................18
Glenburn/Lansford/Antler .........................19
Auction Guide ............................................20
Gate City Bank ..........................................21
Don Bessette Motors ................................21
Rolla, Rolette .............................................23
Mobray & Son ............................................25
Garrison .............................................26 & 27
Lien’s Jewelry ...........................................29
Restaurant Guide ......................................30
Edgewood .................................................32
Max ............................................................34
Underwood ................................................34
Clubs & Organizations ..............................35
Rugby ................................................38 & 39
Pubs & Clubs .............................................41
MADC .................................................46 &47
Harvey .......................................................49
Burlington ..................................................50
Bottineau ............................................52 &53
Berthold .....................................................56
Downtown .................................................62
Parshall ......................................................63
Meet Your Realtor .............................66 & 67
Kenmare ............................................70 & 71
Velva ...................................................74 &75
Bowbells ....................................................76
Drake .........................................................78
Hot Jobs ......................................80, 81 & 82
Washburn ..................................................84
Places To Stay ..................................86 & 87
Stanley .......................................................88
Mohall ........................................................91
Tioga .................................................92 & 93
Williston .....................................................94
Family Health .....................................98 &99
Watford City ............................................100
Oil & Gas Directory ..................................102
Oil Industry ..............................................103
Service Directory .....................................104
Business Services ...................................105
Energy Page ............................................108
Contractors .............................................109
Powers Lake ............................................111
Westhope ......................................112 & 113
Cash Wise ...............................................116
Nalco Champion .....................................117
Sleep Inn & Suites ...................................118
Church Directory .....................................119
Index of Advertisers ................................120
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Trinity Health
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Kelly Inn
Xcel Energy
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First Western Bank
Ryan GMC
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